At the end of June, Croatia had a 112,500 registered commercial lodging establishments, or 12 percent up from the same month the year before. Their combined capacity was 1.13 million beds, or 6.5 percent up from June 2017. The increases are largely due to the rise in privately-run bed and breakfasts.

According to an analysis by the state news agency Hina, and based on data from the electronic tourist registry eVisitor – which categorises all forms of accommodation into hotels, camps, privately-run family homes, agritourism farms, and other – the number of registered family homes offering tourist accommodation rose by 14.3 percent to little over 100,000 compared to June last year.

The number of beds in that type of establishments rose by 11 percent to 583,000 in the same period, which made them account for the majority of all accommodation capacity, with the share of 51.3 percent of all beds on offer.

These were followed by 1,149 hotels registered – or 42 more than last year. Although the number of beds in hotels rose to nearly 169,000, the share of hotel capacity in the total number of beds dropped to 15 percent.

As for campsites, their share in Croatia’s total accommodation capacity dropped to 21.6 percent, in spite of their number rising to 485, with more than 245,000 beds.

Agritourism farms, which offer accommodation in rural areas, rose to nearly 300, with a total capacity of 2,150 beds.

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